Youth Works Hub has 14 internships closing between 15 and 19 November 2026, in 7 countries plus one remote role. The calls are for students and recent graduates looking for paid internships abroad with UN agencies, international organisations, NGOs and industry, and six of them are summer internships in Norway.
The other roles are based in Rome, Geneva, Vienna, Amsterdam, Bangkok and New York, with durations from 6-8 weeks to 6-9 months. If you are weighing these against other options, our guide to fellowship vs internship explains the difference.
Each call has its own angle: 🌍 Remote: CIVICUS UN Hub Geneva supports advocacy with UN human rights mechanisms for $1,200/month. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: Greenpeace International's People & Culture team in Amsterdam works on survey data, dashboards and SQL. 🇹🇭 Thailand: IUCN in Bangkok supports a regional platform for restoring Asian drylands and drought-prone areas. 🇦🇹 Austria: ICMPD in Vienna researches migration topics such as skills mobility partnerships. 🇮🇹 Italy: FAO in Rome places students and recent graduates aged 21 to 30 in its Office of Youth and Women. 🇨🇭 Switzerland: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF OCG) in Geneva offers an accounting internship at CHF 2,000/month. 🇳🇴 Norway: Yara in Porsgrunn runs an 8 week summer internship simulating a production process with Computational Fluid Dynamics. 🇺🇸 United States: The United Nations Air Transport Section role in New York can be done in person, remote or hybrid.
Five of the 14 listings state pay: $1,200/month at CIVICUS UN Hub Geneva, €800/month at Greenpeace International, €500/month at ICMPD, CHF 2,000/month at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF OCG) and paid terms at IUCN Asia Regional Office. For the other nine, check the listing page for pay details.
📅 Deadlines: 15 Nov (4) · 17 Nov (2) · 18 Nov (1) · 19 Nov (7) 🌍 Countries: 🇳🇴 Norway (6) · 🇮🇹 Italy (2) · 🇦🇹 Austria · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · 🇹🇭 Thailand · 🇺🇸 United States · 🌍 Remote (1)
In This Batch
- 📅 15 Nov · 🌍 Remote · Internship
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇳🇴 Norway · Internship
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · Internship
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇹🇭 Thailand · Internship
- 📅 17 Nov · 🇦🇹 Austria · Internship
- 📅 17 Nov · 🇮🇹 Italy · Internship
- 📅 18 Nov · 🇨🇭 Switzerland · Internship
- 📅 19 Nov · 🇳🇴 Norway · Internship
- 📅 19 Nov · 🇮🇹 Italy · Internship
- 📅 19 Nov · 🇳🇴 Norway · Internship
- 📅 19 Nov · 🇺🇸 United States · Internship
- 📅 19 Nov · 🇳🇴 Norway · Internship
- 📅 19 Nov · 🇳🇴 Norway · Internship
- 📅 19 Nov · 🇳🇴 Norway · Internship
What's in this batch:
14 Internships · 7 Countries
💼 Internships & Traineeships
1. 🌍 Human Rights Intern ⚖️ CIVICUS UN Hub Geneva Internship (Remote) 🤝 ($1,200/month)
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Remote · ⏳ 6 months, full-time · 💶 $1,200/month
The CIVICUS UN Hub Geneva Human Rights Internship is a remote, full-time, six-month role supporting advocacy priorities linked to UN human rights mechanisms in Geneva. The intern assists engagement with the UN Human Rights Council and other human rights bodies, helps with advocacy plans and statements, and supports events, communications and civic space research.
2. 🇳🇴 Summer Intern 🏥 Laerdal Medical Internship in Stavanger, Norway 💡
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Stavanger, Norway · 👥 Bachelor's or master's students in relevant fields · ⏳ Eight weeks, summer 2027
The Laerdal Medical Summer Internship in Stavanger offers placements in ten areas, from logistics, software development and marketing to hardware product development, manufacturing, sustainability and data analysis. Interns work on real projects with cross-functional teams in an international office where immersive technology is transforming healthcare education, and the call looks for bachelor's or master's students available for 6-8 weeks during the summer of 2027.
3. 🇳🇱 People & Culture Insights Intern 📊 Greenpeace International Internship in Amsterdam, Netherlands 🌊 (€800/month)
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands · 👥 Students or recent graduates · ⏳ 6 months, full-time, hybrid · 💶 €800/month
The Greenpeace International People & Culture Insights Internship in Amsterdam is a 6-month, full-time hybrid role in the People & Culture team, supporting the global engagement and wellbeing survey and the global annual workforce report. The work covers data collection, cleaning, analysis, reporting, dashboarding and practical SQL, and it is meant for students or recent graduates with less than 12 months of relevant experience.
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4. 🇹🇭 Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Intern 🌳 IUCN Asia Regional Office, Landscape Partnership Asia Internship in Bangkok, Thailand 📢 (Paid)
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Bangkok, Thailand · ⏳ Up to 6 months, in-office · 💶 Paid
The IUCN Asia Regional Office Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Internship in Bangkok is an in-office role of up to 6 months supporting a regional platform for restoring Asian drylands and drought-prone areas. The intern drafts news stories and articles, updates the platform's website, prepares visual materials and presentations, and helps with webinars and meetings.
5. 🇦🇹 Policy Intern 🧭 ICMPD Internship in Vienna, Austria 📝 (€500/month)
📅 Deadline: 17 November 2026
📍 Vienna, Austria · 👥 Recent graduates or master's/PhD students · ⏳ 6 months, 40 hours a week · 💶 €500/month
The ICMPD Policy Internship in Vienna places interns in a migration Policy Unit for six months, researching topics such as skills mobility partnerships, talent attraction and retention, temporary protection and return and reintegration, and helping with events and policy outreach. It suits recent graduates or master's/PhD students in migration studies, public policy, political science, sociology or economics with knowledge of migration policy and excellent English writing and editing skills.
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6. 🇮🇹 Youth and Women Intern 🌾 FAO World Food Forum Internship in Rome, Italy 🌱
📅 Deadline: 17 November 2026
📍 Rome, Italy · 👥 Students and recent graduates aged 21 to 30
The FAO World Food Forum Youth and Women Internship in Rome is open to students and recent graduates aged 21 to 30 and is based in the Office of Youth and Women at headquarters, including work on the World Food Forum. Candidates need a specialization relevant to the organisation's work and working knowledge of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and experience in areas such as gender equality, innovation, communications, event management or AI and data is a strong asset.
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7. 🇨🇭 Accounting Intern 📊 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF OCG) Internship in Geneva, Switzerland 🧾 (CHF 2,000/month)
📅 Deadline: 18 November 2026
📍 Geneva, Switzerland · 👥 Students currently enrolled at a university · ⏳ 6 to 9 months, 40 hours per week · 💶 CHF 2,000/month
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF OCG) Accounting Internship in Geneva is a 6 to 9 month full-time role at headquarters for students currently enrolled at a university. Interns mainly handle the full supplier invoice cycle and monthly and quarterly controls on supplier accounts, and support annual closing and audit preparation; fluent French and good written English are required, and German is a plus.
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8. 🇳🇴 Summer Intern 💻 Yara Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Internship in Porsgrunn, Norway 🏭
📅 Deadline: 19 November 2026
📍 Porsgrunn, Norway · 👥 Master's students in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering or similar · ⏳ 8 weeks, summer
The Yara Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Summer Internship in Porsgrunn runs for 8 weeks and simulates a production process, with simulations that can support new process technology development or factory troubleshooting. Interns work on complex 3D geometry design and run flow simulations in ANSYS Fluent, and the call suits students preferably in the second to final year of a master's degree in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering or similar.
9. 🇮🇹 Intern 🌱 UNDP Climate and Energy Project Support Internship in Rome, Italy 🌍
📅 Deadline: 19 November 2026
📍 Rome, Italy · ⏳ 6 months, full-time
The UNDP Climate and Energy Project Support Internship in Rome is a six-month, full-time role at a climate action and energy transition centre that can be office-based or home-based. The intern researches sustainable energy, renewable energy systems and climate change mitigation, compiles data for reports, helps coordinate climate and energy projects and supports communications, workshops and events.
10. 🇳🇴 Summer Intern 🧪 Yara Nitric Acid Process Catalyst Internship in Porsgrunn, Norway ⚗️
📅 Deadline: 19 November 2026
📍 Porsgrunn, Norway · 👥 Students in at least their 3rd year with a chemical or materials science background · ⏳ 6-8 weeks, summer
The Yara Nitric Acid Process Catalyst Summer Internship at a technology center in Porsgrunn lasts 6-8 weeks and centres on a test programme of several potential catalysts for the nitric acid process. Interns carry out activity measurements, characterize the catalyst materials and interpret the results, and the call suits students in at least their 3rd year with a chemical or materials science background, good practical laboratory skills and fluency in English and/or Norwegian.
11. 🇺🇸 Aviation Project Management Intern ✈️ United Nations DOS Internship in New York, United States 📊
📅 Deadline: 19 November 2026
📍 New York, United States · ⏳ From 3 months, extendable up to 6 months, full-time or part-time
The United Nations DOS Aviation Project Management Internship in an Air Transport Section lasts from 3 months, with the possibility of extension up to six months, and can be done in person in New York, remote or hybrid. The intern supports project planning, scheduling and tracking, prepares reports and presentations for management, maintains data, creates simple data visualisations and researches aviation industry trends.
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12. 🇳🇴 Summer Intern 🌾 Yara NPK Fertilizer Production Internship in Porsgrunn, Norway 🧪
📅 Deadline: 19 November 2026
📍 Porsgrunn, Norway · 👥 3rd or 4th year students in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering · ⏳ 6-8 weeks, summer
The Yara NPK Fertilizer Production Summer Internship in Porsgrunn lasts 6-8 weeks and explores methods to optimize processes for producing NPK fertilizers, with a chance to experience and influence industrial scale fertilizer production. Interns take part in an R&D project, help plan and perform laboratory experiments, evaluate and document results and work with researchers, and the call suits 3rd or 4th year students in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
13. 🇳🇴 Summer Intern 🏗️ Yara Technology Development and Catalyst Operations Internship in Porsgrunn, Norway 🤖
📅 Deadline: 19 November 2026
📍 Porsgrunn, Norway · ⏳ 6-8 weeks, summer
The Yara Technology Development and Catalyst Operations Summer Internship in Porsgrunn lasts 6-8 weeks, with projects in two groups: one developing the processes of the future for 2040-2050, and one designing platinum group metal gauzes and N2O abatement systems used in nitric acid production. The work includes literature reviews and theoretical studies, research on business models for emerging markets and using AI to systemize and visualize production and performance data from nitric acid plants.
14. 🇳🇴 Summer Intern 🧪 Yara Calcium Nitrate Salt Mixtures Characterization Internship in Porsgrunn, Norway ⚗️
📅 Deadline: 19 November 2026
📍 Porsgrunn, Norway · 👥 3rd or 4th year master's students in chemistry or chemical engineering fields · ⏳ 6-8 weeks, summer
The Yara Calcium Nitrate Salt Mixtures Characterization Summer Internship at a technology center in Porsgrunn lasts 6-8 weeks and is linked to fertilizer product development. Interns formulate, characterize and evaluate calcium nitrate salt mixtures, study supercooling effects and characterize them with XRD and DSC, with training provided, and the call suits 3rd or 4th year students pursuing a master's degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry or process chemistry.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which of these internships closing in November 2026 are paid?
Five of the 14 internships state pay in their listings: CIVICUS UN Hub Geneva at $1,200/month, Greenpeace International at €800/month, ICMPD at €500/month, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF OCG) at CHF 2,000/month and IUCN Asia Regional Office, listed as paid. The CIVICUS role is remote, the Greenpeace International role is in Amsterdam, ICMPD is in Vienna, MSF OCG is in Geneva and IUCN is in Bangkok. For the other nine, including the six summer internships in Porsgrunn and Stavanger and the UN-linked internships in Rome and New York, check each listing page for pay details. Before you apply, you can read how we verify opportunities on the site.
Who can apply for these internships in Norway, Italy, Switzerland and other countries?
Thirteen of the 14 internships are open to applicants from 195 countries, and the FAO World Food Forum internship in Rome is open to applicants from 191 countries aged 21 to 30. Most calls target university students or recent graduates: most Yara summer internships in Porsgrunn look for chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering or materials science students, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF OCG) in Geneva asks for students currently enrolled at a university, and ICMPD in Vienna also accepts master's and PhD students. Language requirements differ by role, with fluent French required at MSF OCG and fluency in English and/or Norwegian asked for the Yara nitric acid catalyst internship. A clear Europass CV helps you present your studies and skills.
Which internship deadline closes first this week?
Four internships close first, on 15 November 2026: CIVICUS UN Hub Geneva (remote), Laerdal Medical in Stavanger, Greenpeace International in Amsterdam and IUCN Asia Regional Office in Bangkok. ICMPD in Vienna and the FAO World Food Forum internship in Rome follow on 17 November 2026, and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF OCG) in Geneva closes on 18 November 2026. The last seven close on 19 November 2026: five Yara summer internships in Porsgrunn, the UNDP Climate and Energy Project Support Internship in Rome and the United Nations DOS Aviation Project Management Internship in New York. Starting early leaves time to read each listing page in full, and these application tips cover the basics of a strong application.
The calls fall into three groups: human rights, migration and humanitarian work with CIVICUS, ICMPD and MSF OCG; climate, food and conservation with FAO, UNDP and IUCN; and data, project and science roles with Greenpeace International, Yara, Laerdal Medical and the United Nations Air Transport Section. According to Youth Works Hub's review, the UN-linked roles in Rome and New York may also interest anyone exploring the UN Junior Professional Officer programme.
An internship abroad can support your career development, especially when the work links to your studies. Follow Youth Works Hub for more calls like these, and apply before each listing closes.
